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Buckeyes V. Hoosiers 2nd Q. Game Thread 11/21/2020

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November 21, 2020 at 11:52am
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At the end of the 1st Quarter: Ohio State 7, Indiana 0.

About the only thing I thought Indiana was famous for was the Indy 500 (which I'd like to see before I "shuffle off this mortal coil"). Still, I sometimes wonder how the name "Hoosiers" came about. Lots of interpretations abound, but I like this one best:

Quite as plausible as these was the facetious explanation offered by "The Hoosier Poet," James Whitcomb Riley. He claimed that Hoosier originated in the pugnacious habits of our early settlers. They were enthusiastic and vicious fighters who gouged, scratched and bit off noses and ears. This was so common an occurrence that a settler coming into a tavern the morning after a fight and seeing an ear on the floor would touch it with his toe and casually ask, "Whose ear?"

https://www.in.gov/history/2612.htm

Pugilists they may be, the Hoosiers should meet their match in the 'Shoe today.

Go Bucks. Harass the Hoosiers. And the obligatory boilerplate:

All in, 11W. 
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and they'll need ours. Enjoy this day, we've all earned it. 
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